Iowa City student Joseph Domke dies after second story fall
Investigators offer no clues on how University of Iowa student Joseph Domke fell from a second story balcony at 201 E. Burlington St. He died soon after at University Hospitals. Officials say the balcony railing was intact and alcohol factors are not confirmed. In a separate case Linn County jurors begin deliberations in nurse Kimberly Chiavetta's murder trial for insulin overdose on her husband Frank Chiavetta.
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University of Iowa
Joseph W. Domke
Burlington St
Apt
Domke
Apple Valley
Minn
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Linn County
Robins
Kimberly Chiavetta
Chiavetta
Frank Chiavetta
Last Day to Register for Sept School Board Elections
Statewide notice warns that today is the final day to register for the September 13 school board elections. Voter forms must reach the county auditor by 5 p.m. Absentee voting ends September 12 and mail ballot requests are due September 9.
Iowa City council primary trims field to four at large seats
Iowa City voters will see an Oct. 11 primary narrowing the field for two at large council seats. Incumbents Connie Champion and Mike O'Donnell filed late to run, with Champion running unopposed for District B and O'Donnell facing six others in the primary. The top four advance to the Nov. 8 general election.
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Zack Kucharski
Ihe
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Connie Champion
Champion
Mike O'Donnell
S. Summit St
Remembering VJ Day in World War II reminiscences
Veterans recall the 1945 surrender aboard the USS Missouri ending World War II in the Pacific. Marines and sailors describe somber mood at the signing while celebratory feelings accompanied earlier atomic bomb events that helped end the war.
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Dick Hogan
Japan
Nagasaki
Waldo Berger
Cedar Rapids
Guam
Berger
Mark Buchheit
West Union
Wisconsin
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Buchheit
Shields for Cedar Rapids District 5 election bid
Former Quaker Oats plant union president Justin Shields touts labor management partnership experience and leadership roles in Hawkeye Labor Council and Citizens for a Better Cedar Rapids Vote Home Rule. He emphasizes bridging labor and management gaps and collaboration with business groups.
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Justin Shields
Pebble
Fairbank
Quaker Oats Co
Shields
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Quaker
Hawkeye
Chamber of Commerce
Couple helps cemetery blossom in memory of loved ones
RAMBLIN EDAR RAPIDS Mary Kay and Bob Zweigart water flowers at St John s Cemetery from Memorial Day through Labor Day. They began in 1996 after Mary Kay s parents died within days of each other. The couple spends hours each week tending geraniums mums marigolds and petunias near graves and the chapel where Memorial Day services are held. Mary Kay is a 32 year nurse and Bob an accountant who now works part time unloading trucks at Earl May.
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Edar Rapids
St. John’s
Mary Kay
Bob Zweigart
Lamir Bena
Florence
Bob
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Earl May
West Side
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